Festival · GOA
January 6 (Epiphany) · Reis Magos Fort
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (Our Lady of Cures), also known as the Three Kings Chapel, atop the Cuelim hillock near Reis Magos, hosts the most famous celebration. Three young boys enact the role of the Three Kings, traveling on horseback through different paths and converging near the chapel.
Why it mattersChristian religious festival commemorating the visit of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem
Reis Magos Fort in January is the version restoration architects argue is India's best heritage adaptive-reuse project. Daytime 21-30C, nights 19-20C, humidity finally below 70 percent. The fort opens 9:30am-5pm Tuesday-Sunday (closed Mondays), ₹50 entry, an exhibitions schedule built around Serendipity Arts Festival programming. The 1551 Portuguese build sits on a laterite spur above the Mandovi estuary, looking di…
Live in Reis Magos Fort
Quiet-village boutique with 6 rooms in restored Indo-Portuguese architecture. Free WiFi, free parking, complimentary breakfast. Sits between the historic Reis Magos Fort (1551) and Nerul River — daily ferry to Panjim via Britona. Closest stay actually inside Reis Magos parish vs. crossing the Mandovi.
300-year-old Portuguese warehouse converted by architect Dean D'Cruz into an 8-room riverside boutique with 2 additional studios. Pool shaded by coconut trees, wooden deck dining over the Mandovi, in-house Goan-international kitchen. 15-min drive to coastal belt; closest heritage stay on the Reis Magos / Britona / Penha de França cluster.
SignatureChicken Cafreal
Open 6.30-10.30pm, dinner only. Go before 8pm to skip the wait. Cafreal goes off the menu by 9.30pm on busy nights — order it first. Cash only most nights, UPI sporadic.
SignatureChicken Cafreal (the original recipe)
The cafreal is the order — house recipe, marinated 24 hours. Mid-week dinner 7.30pm onwards is calm; weekends fill 8.30-10pm. Ask for the upper-deck patio if it's not raining. Bar list is the longest of any Goan-Portuguese restaurant in Bardez. Cards work; UPI accepted.
Historic fort (1551) overlooking the Mandovi River, Portugal's oldest in Goa. Beautifully restored with exhibitions, ramparts for river views, chapel with Portuguese tiles, and du…
Adjacent to the fort, built in 1555 by Franciscan friars. Named for the Three Wise Men, with a whitewashed gabled facade visible from across the river. Feast celebrations on Janua…
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